Community Impact

People need to feed themselves, next they need to feed their own communities.

— Wendell Berry

AS OF 9/30/17

36,543 meals served since opening in July of 2015.

14,723 meals served to-date in 2017

15,403 meals served in 2016.

In 2016, an average of 57 meals served per day. The record is 144 meals served in one day.

VOLUNTEERISM

To-date in 2017, 524 unduplicated volunteers have worked a total of 3,940 hours.

Of those, 236 individuals have worked a total of 732 hours in exchange for meals. Volunteers have worked a total of 1,246 of required community service hours. Volunteers have worked a total of 1,960 voluntary community service hours.

In 2016, 449 unduplicated volunteers worked a total of 3,422 hours.

Of those, 160 individuals have worked a total of 1,036 hours in exchange for meals.

REVENUE

To-date, average amount paid/donated for a meal: $9.94. The average ticket order is $12.91. Meaning, there is a gap of $2.97 between the suggested donation/price and what is actually being donated/paid. This is a reflection of our mission at work – people who are paying what they can or volunteering in exchange for a meal.

Currently, 67% of the Café’s annual budget comes from what people are donating/paying for their meals. Every year, we must raise the remaining 33% from individual donors, corporate sponsors, local, state, and national funders, and special events.

To-date, Grace Café has the support of 361 individual donors, including 26 monthly sustaining donors.